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Cootie Williams
Mobile, United States
Cootie Williams is credited on 4,529 releases across 1,312 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
4,529
Pressings credited
1,312
Albums
8
Decades active
484
In collections
Biography
Charles Melvin "Cootie" Williams (July 10, 1911 – September 15, 1985) was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
4,529 releases · 1,312 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 6,126
- Other credits · 645
Studios: Reeves Sound Studios · Carnegie Hall · National Recording Studios, New York City · Studio 44 (2)
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Birth Of The Cool
1957

'Round About Midnight
1957

Frank
2003

Genius Of Modern Music
1951

Mulligan Meets Monk
1957

Trio '65
1965

Green Street
1961

Frank Ténot Présente
1995

Miles Davis' Greatest Hits
1969

I Got Next
1997

Monk's Greatest Hits
1969

Virtuoso
1974

Portraits At The Penthouse Live In Seattle
2025

Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!
1961

Art Pepper + Eleven (Modern Jazz Classics)
1960

Legrand Jazz
1958

Misterioso
1958

Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings
2021

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Jazz
1973

Circle In The Round
1979

Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top Of The Gate
2012

Quartet
1982

The Wes Montgomery Trio
1960

Cool Velvet
1960
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